Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
Encyclopedia
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (OBC) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal
publishing original primary research and review articles. It is published every two weeks by the Royal Society of Chemistry
(RSC). Like all RSC journals, OBC is widely recognised for its overall quality and its speed of publication - one of the fastest publisher in the organic chemistry field. (Its predecessor journals were Perkin Transactions I and Perkin Transactions II.)
The editor of OBC is Dr Richard Kelly and the current chair of the Editorial Board is Prof. Jeffrey Bode, from ETH Zurich, Switzerland. The founding chairman was Prof. Dr. Ben L. Feringa, who is head of organic chemistry at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, and is now a member of the OBC Advisory Editorial Board.
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a not-for-profit publisher: surplus made by its publishing business is invested to support its aim of advancing the chemical sciences.
The impact factor
for OBC is 3.451 (2010).
OBC has been selected by the US National Library of Medicine for inclusion in MEDLINE
, thereby increasing its visibility to the biological community.
, natural product chemistry, supramolecular chemistry
, macromolecular chemistry, theoretical chemistry, and catalysis
.
Articles - original scientific work that has not been published previously
Perspectives - important developments in organic chemistry invited from experts in the field
Emerging Areas - short feature articles on particularly topical subjects, invited from promising young chemists or people working in new areas
Scientific journal
In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...
publishing original primary research and review articles. It is published every two weeks by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry
The Royal Society of Chemistry is a learned society in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences." It was formed in 1980 from the merger of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry, the Faraday Society and the Society for Analytical Chemistry with a new...
(RSC). Like all RSC journals, OBC is widely recognised for its overall quality and its speed of publication - one of the fastest publisher in the organic chemistry field. (Its predecessor journals were Perkin Transactions I and Perkin Transactions II.)
The editor of OBC is Dr Richard Kelly and the current chair of the Editorial Board is Prof. Jeffrey Bode, from ETH Zurich, Switzerland. The founding chairman was Prof. Dr. Ben L. Feringa, who is head of organic chemistry at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, and is now a member of the OBC Advisory Editorial Board.
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a not-for-profit publisher: surplus made by its publishing business is invested to support its aim of advancing the chemical sciences.
The impact factor
Impact factor
The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...
for OBC is 3.451 (2010).
OBC has been selected by the US National Library of Medicine for inclusion in MEDLINE
MEDLINE
MEDLINE is a bibliographic database of life sciences and biomedical information. It includes bibliographic information for articles from academic journals covering medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and health care...
, thereby increasing its visibility to the biological community.
Subject coverage
Synthetic, physical and biomolecular organic chemistry as well as all organic aspects of: chemical biology, medicinal chemistryMedicinal chemistry
Medicinal chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry are disciplines at the intersection of chemistry, especially synthetic organic chemistry, and pharmacology and various other biological specialties, where it is involved with design, chemical synthesis and development for market of pharmaceutical...
, natural product chemistry, supramolecular chemistry
Supramolecular chemistry
Supramolecular chemistry refers to the area of chemistry beyond the molecules and focuses on the chemical systems made up of a discrete number of assembled molecular subunits or components...
, macromolecular chemistry, theoretical chemistry, and catalysis
Catalysis
Catalysis is the change in rate of a chemical reaction due to the participation of a substance called a catalyst. Unlike other reagents that participate in the chemical reaction, a catalyst is not consumed by the reaction itself. A catalyst may participate in multiple chemical transformations....
.
Article types
Communications - original scientific work that is of an urgent nature and that has not been published previouslyArticles - original scientific work that has not been published previously
Perspectives - important developments in organic chemistry invited from experts in the field
Emerging Areas - short feature articles on particularly topical subjects, invited from promising young chemists or people working in new areas
Audience/Readership
Academic and industrial scientists working in all aspects of synthetic, biomolecular and physical organic chemistry.External links
- Royal Society of ChemistryRoyal Society of ChemistryThe Royal Society of Chemistry is a learned society in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences." It was formed in 1980 from the merger of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry, the Faraday Society and the Society for Analytical Chemistry with a new...
's Biosciences Gateway - Royal Society of ChemistryRoyal Society of ChemistryThe Royal Society of Chemistry is a learned society in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences." It was formed in 1980 from the merger of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry, the Faraday Society and the Society for Analytical Chemistry with a new...
's Organic Gateway
See also
- Chemical CommunicationsChemical CommunicationsChemical Communications, known as ChemComm, is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Royal Society of Chemistry . It contains communications of significant work from across the chemical sciences. It also includes feature articles...
- List of scientific journals
- List of scientific journals in chemistry